Thesaurus: glean

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1. v. t. To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering.
2. v. t. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
3. v. t. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
4. v. i. To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
5. v. i. To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
6. n. A collection made by gleaning.
7. n. Cleaning; afterbirth.
8. v. gather, as of natural products
9. A collection made by gleaning.The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. Dryden.
10. v:100 v gather, as of natural products